TAXI LICENSING & SEX OFFENDERS - Public safety, Safeguarding & Child Protection

Eve Thomas made this Freedom of Information request to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

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Eve Thomas
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Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,

I am writing to make an open Government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

With this in mind could you please provide the following information:

1. How many registered sex offenders currently (10.08.17) hold a taxi drivers' licence issued by the Council?

2. Please provide the protocol/practices followed by the Council for registered sex offenders who apply for a taxi drivers' licence.

3. From April 2016 - March 2017 how many taxi licenses have been issued to registered sex offenders by the Council?

4. How many are currently registered with Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council as sex offender status?

I would like the above information to be provided to us as paper or electronic copies, audio tape version or an opportunity to view.

If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to this with page references and URLs if necessary.

I understand that you are required to respond to this request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.

I look forward to hearing from you.
Kindest Regards

Eve Thomas

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Dear Ms Thomas

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information enquiry.  Please see the
Council’s response below.

 

1. How many registered sex offenders currently (10.08.17) hold a taxi
drivers' licence issued by the Council? - ZERO

 

2. Please provide the protocol/practices followed by the Council for
registered sex offenders who apply for a taxi drivers' licence -
Applicants who have committed an offence at any time for indecent
exposure, indecent assault, importuning or any sexual offence, will
generally not be granted a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Driver
Licence. Current licensed drivers will generally have their licence
revoked with immediate effect.

 

3. From April 2016 - March 2017 how many taxi licenses have been issued to
registered sex offenders by the Council? - ZERO

 

4. How many are currently registered with Wirral Metropolitan Borough
Council as sex offender status? - ZERO

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Lynette Paterson

Senior Information Management Officer

Business Services - Digital

 

Treasury Building

Argyle Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 1AH

 

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